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- 100Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerImprobably, it's one of the most affecting films of the year, which once again demonstrates that all you need to make a good movie is talent.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWendy and Lucy is like "Lassie Come Home" directed by Antonioni. What's piercing about it, and also disturbing, is that Reichardt views the renunciation of society with something close to righteous purity -- as a lefty romantic dream.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat will happen to her? The strength of this short, simple, perfect story of a young woman and her dog is that this does not seem, by the end, to be an idle or trivial question. What happens to Wendy -- and to Lucy -- matters a lot, which is to say that Wendy and Lucy, for all its modesty, matters a lot too.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanTrembling throughout on the verge of a tearful breakdown, but far too dignified to allow her character to choke up, Williams delivers a sensationally nuanced performance that, were it not so resolutely undramatic, would constitute an aria of stoical misery.
- 80VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott Foundas"Old Joy" helmer Kelly Reichardt plays to her strengths in Wendy and Lucy, a modest yet deeply felt road movie about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful canine and the wide-open spaces of the Pacific Northwest.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe transformation undergone by Michelle Williams to play this role is nothing short of astounding.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickReichardt doesn't so much tell a story as paint a finely detailed portrait of human suffering in this miniature marvel.
- Unless you're an antsy movie-goer or have a cold heart, by the end of Wendy and Lucy, you'll be engrossed, hoping for the best possible outcome.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterMichelle Williams does her best but she cannot prevent Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, a weak tale about being broke and on the road in rural America, from dwindling into boredom.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierLike a worst-case-scenario, indie-movie cliché, Wendy and Lucy throws every bone it can at the screen.